What is the relationship between Fair Labor Association (FLA) and Workers Rights Consortium (WRC)?
This study group will focus on the monitoring efforts of FLA and WRC by sampling colleges and universities with and without FLA and/or WRC agreements. They will decide a sample of universities from various nations that do and do not have FLA and or WRC agreements. There study will include travel to these universities for dialog with faculty, students, and staff. Review – There is currently competition between two monitoring organizations, the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) to see sign up universities and colleges. Some choose to be part of both. As of September 16, 2000 FLA has signed up 142 universities as affiliates and WRC has signed 139 affiliated universities. This campaign has implications for Reebok, Gear For Sports, Jansport and other firms who license and sell garments bearing university logos at major universities have been the target of a wave of student protest. The University of California system alone has $52 million in apparel sales.
